Francis Logah, a trained teacher who quit the profession to become an ‘Okada rider’, has disclosed that he built a two-bedroom house within a year of leaving teaching, a feat he could not achieve during his six years in the classroom.

Speaking on Neat FM on September 9, 2026, Francis Logah said he walked away from teaching in 2022 because he felt the profession was not financially rewarding.

He said after working as a trained teacher for six years, he could not afford to buy even a single block to begin construction on his mother’s piece of land around Kasoa.

However, within a year of leaving the teaching profession to become a delivery rider, Francis Logah said he was able to build a two-bedroom house, where he now lives with his wife and children.

“When I stopped, God has been so good to me. My mother had a piece of land around Kasoa, but after teaching for six years, I couldn’t afford to buy even a single block to start building. But between 2022, when I stopped, and the end of 2023, I had built a two-bedroom house, and I am now living there with my wife and children. I built it within a period of one year,” he said.

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Comparing his experience as an Okada rider to his time as a trained teacher in Ghana, Francis Logah said he is comfortable with his decision to leave teaching because, according to him, he struggled financially while in the profession.

He said his financial difficulties were so severe that he often had to borrow foodstuffs and pay for them at the end of the month when his salary was paid.

“Teachers borrow to survive, when the month ends we go and pay. We buy foodstuff on credit. I won’t hide it,” he said.

Francis Logah further disclosed that he left the teaching profession abruptly in 2022 without formally writing to his superiors to inform them that he had resigned.

According to him, he simply decided one morning that he would no longer report to school and informed the headmistress when she called him.

“I walked out in 2022. No letter, no apology to anybody. At daybreak, I didn’t go to school. When the headmistress called me, I told her, ‘I am not coming again,’” he said.

He added that he had only a few days left before the salary validation process when he left the job. He said he subsequently told his superiors not to allow his salary to be paid into his account because he had decided to leave the profession and no longer needed the money.

“I worked, and there were only a few days left for the validation. I told the headmistress that I didn’t need the money. If I needed it, I would have stayed. I told her to make sure no money was paid into my account,” he added.

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